I think I did, I think I spent some time puttering around trying to get a setup to match my config.
I would suggest, a clear path in a getting started guide - if you use this editor and these tools, you will have a working system end to end. maybe a short video showing interaction with that specific toolset.
I got sort of mired in what packages to use for emacs. I don't really know how other people have their stuff set up. Not having a clear path, I just kinda winged it. And was not successful.
I understand all the parts of my current workflow.
There's nothing wrong with presenting 500 options for solutions. But it would be really nice to have a "do these 5 things and you're good to go". Any set of tools would be fine. I can compare a working system to my system and puzzle out what I need to configure.
That may already exist, and I missed it. If that's the case, make that guide more prominent. I seem to recall looking around a lot.
### Editor
*Visual Studio Code* is a popular choice with well supported editor integration. Install the [Haskell extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=haskell....) and you are all set. It should work out of the box and use your installation of HLS.
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I think I did, I think I spent some time puttering around trying to get a setup to match my config.
I would suggest, a clear path in a getting started guide - if you use this editor and these tools, you will have a working system end to end. maybe a short video showing interaction with that specific toolset.
I got sort of mired in what packages to use for emacs. I don't really know how other people have their stuff set up. Not having a clear path, I just kinda winged it. And was not successful.
I understand all the parts of my current workflow.
There's nothing wrong with presenting 500 options for solutions. But it would be really nice to have a "do these 5 things and you're good to go". Any set of tools would be fine. I can compare a working system to my system and puzzle out what I need to configure.
That may already exist, and I missed it. If that's the case, make that guide more prominent. I seem to recall looking around a lot.
Yeah, definitely. We're working on adding a guide[1] like that to haskell.org as we speak :)
If you have a chance, you could look over the PR and tell me whether this is roughly what you're thinking of.
[1]: https://github.com/haskell-infra/www.haskell.org/pull/214
### Editor *Visual Studio Code* is a popular choice with well supported editor integration. Install the [Haskell extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=haskell....) and you are all set. It should work out of the box and use your installation of HLS.
lgtm